{"id":7260,"date":"2022-10-26T15:46:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T15:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/26\/judas-priest-pantera-and-rainbow-members-form-supergroup\/"},"modified":"2022-10-26T15:46:30","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T15:46:30","slug":"judas-priest-pantera-and-rainbow-members-type-supergroup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/26\/judas-priest-pantera-and-rainbow-members-type-supergroup\/","title":{"rendered":"Judas Priest, Pantera and Rainbow members type supergroup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A brand new supergroup, Elegant Weapons, has been fashioned by members of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/judas-priest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Judas Priest<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/pantera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pantera<\/a>, and Rainbow.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/music-interviews\/judas-priests-rob-halford-interview-rock-roll-braincells-2754647\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Judas Priest\u2019s Rob Halford: \u201cI tried to throw a TV out of a hotel window once. It was like Mr Bean does Spinal Tap\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The band options Judas Priest\u2019s Richie Faulkner on guitar and Scott Travis on drums, Rex Brown of Pantera on bass, and Rainbow\/MSG\u2019s Ronnie Romero on vocals.<\/p>\n<p>Judas Priest touring guitarist Andy Sneap has additionally been on manufacturing duties for his or her debut album \u2018Horns For A Halo\u2019, which is because of be launched in spring 2023 through Nuclear Blast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s exciting to be part of a label like Nuclear Blast that has such a rich history and level of respect among fans and the music industry,\u201d Faulkner stated in an announcement.\u00a0\u201cMonte Conner [Nuclear Blast VP A&amp;R] is aware of Andy Sneap nicely, and Andy has all the time held Monte and label in very excessive regard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMonte has loved the record from the very early demo stages. It\u2019s very valuable and important to me that the label I sign with understand and connect with the music.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New metallic supergroup ELEGANT WEAPONS options members of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/judaspriest?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@JudasPriest<\/a>, Rainbow, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pantera?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Pantera<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Full-length debut &#8216;Horns For A Halo&#8217; coming spring 2023 through <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nuclearblast?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NuclearBlast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More particulars at:<br \/>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sPR38BjRBe\">https:\/\/t.co\/sPR38BjRBe<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ElegantWeaponsBand?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ElegantWeaponsBand<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Metal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Metal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HeavyMetal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#HeavyMetal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ce0hie4OTd\">pic.twitter.com\/Ce0hie4OTd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elegant Weapons Band (@elegantweapons_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elegantweapons_\/status\/1584907635379298306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Faulkner continued: \u201cThis record represents for me more of my DNA as a guitar player and a songwriter. Heavy, but moving slightly outside the realms of \u2018heavy metal.\u2019 Those roots are obvious, but I wanted to reach in a bit and see what else came out that wasn\u2019t necessarily \u2018expected.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elegant Weapons\u2019 sound is described by Faulkner as \u201ca mix of Jimi Hendrix, Priest, Sabbath, solo Ozzy and Black Label Society \u2013 heavy, catchy, and with melody. Sort of old school and modern at once if that makes any sense, and actually down-tuned a whole step.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In different information, Judas Priest launched the newest US leg of their \u201950 Heavy Metal Years Tour\u2019 in Wallingford, Connecticut earlier this month and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-judas-priest-perform-genocide-for-first-time-in-40-years-3329660\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">performed \u2018Genocide\u2019 to the shock of many followers in attendance.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The set checklist featured fan-favourites in addition to different rarities along with songs from the band\u2019s acclaimed 1982 album \u2018Screaming For Vengeance\u2019, which turns 40 this yr.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '2300206660218433');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] A brand new supergroup, Elegant Weapons, has been fashioned by members of Judas Priest, Pantera, and Rainbow. 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